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title: "Frequently Asked Questions"
sidebarTitle: "FAQ"
description: "Here are some frequently asked questions about UpTrain"
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<Accordion title ="What is UpTrain?">

UpTrain is an open-source unified platform to evaluate and improve Generative AI applications. 

We provide grades for 20+ preconfigured checks (covering language, code, embedding use-cases), perform root cause analysis on failure cases and give insights on how to resolve them.

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<Accordion title ="Who is the ideal user for UpTrain?">

UpTrain is built for everyone building LLMs.
It can help with all the production needs from Evaluation to Experimentation to Improvement.


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<Accordion title ="How difficult is it to setup UpTrain?">

You can easily get started by installing UpTrain using **`pip`**. Click [here](/getting-started/quickstart) for details.

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<Accordion title ="Is UpTrain free?">

Absolutely yes, we are proudly open-source. 

You would just need an [OpenAI Key](https://platform.openai.com/api-keys) to use UpTrain.

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<Accordion title ="Does UpTrain collect my data">

No, we don't collect your data.

All our evaluations are done locally.

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<Accordion title ="How does UpTrain evaluations work?">

You can check our metrics [docs](/predefined-evaluations/overview) to know more about how we evaluate them.

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<Accordion title ="How can I contribute or request features?">

We would love to have, contribute to the UpTrain! [Here is a doc](https://github.com/uptrain-ai/uptrain/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) you can refer.

To request features, add a “Feature request” using the `New issue` button in GitHub from this [link](https://github.com/uptrain-ai/uptrain/issues), or you can join our [Slack channel](https://join.slack.com/t/uptraincommunity/shared_invite/zt-1yih3aojn-CEoR_gAh6PDSknhFmuaJeg) to request a feature.

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